Breaking: POTUS signs fed funding bill, while National Science Foundation issues "Dear Colleague" letter requesting proposals for operating restructured NCAR weather infrastructure, implying administration continuing to move forward with plans to dismantle research facility. tinyurl.com/yc5pny9n

Success! (And coughing bc why does my middle-schooler get sick every two weeks?!?)

It finally happened! We made it almost 4 weeks before a tree-climbing incident, but Nimbus wasn’t going to waste an opportunity.

This is not an exaggeration: There is not a single weather forecaster, TV meteorologist, airline pilot, computer scientist, or climate scientist in the WORLD whose work or life wasn't directly or indirectly improved or influenced by the science done at NCAR. www.usatoday.com/story/news/p...

In case you want to share with your networks, this is a good article by the NYT on the broad scope of work done by NCAR and some of the key discoveries (e.g., microbursts and aviation accidents).

Look, it’s been a bad flippin’ few days so here are more pictures of my cats.

A deeply dangerous — and blatantly retaliatory action against Colorado — by the Trump administration. NCAR is one of the most renowned scientific facilities in the WORLD — where scientists perform cutting-edge research everyday. We will fight this reckless directive with every legal tool we have.

Seasoned cat people - how does this work? Do I learn to type one-handed?

New roomies Nimbus and Yuki. The dog is displeased.

Cackling!

Gals, if you're not absolutely ruining the workplace for certain kinds of men, you need to step up your game. 🩷

BREAKING: Colorado voters approved a ballot measure that would raise state income taxes on higher-earning households to fund free meals for all public school students. Follow AP for live updates.

I could really use a Clearly Canadian right about now.

10+ hours making these halloween costume items from scratch (bc the decision was made too late to order something premade) and my sweet kiddo is on day 2 of being sick with a nasty fever. Curse you middle school germs! (The costume is supposed to be Hornet from Hollow Knight Silksong, btw).

I keep seeing people say, oh, trans people must take a hit for the greater good and, first of all, no, you don't get to discard someone else's rights and second, we know from past experience that marginalized communities like theirs are merely the first to be targeted. They'll come for you next.

THEY. WERE. DOING. THIS. WITHOUT. PAY. NOAA’s hurricane hunter pilots (and Kermit The Frog hanging from the control panel) fly into Hurricane Melissa. Extraordinary bravery, saving lives. (🎥 Cmdr. Danielle Varwig, NOAA Corps).

"Damaging winds and heavy rainfall... will cause catastrophic and life-threatening flash flooding and numerous landslides before potentially devastating winds arrive... Extensive infrastructural damage, long-duration power and communication outages, and isolation of communities are expected." 💔😔

NPR ran a story last night about NSF terminating funding for AI focused meteorology research & the (IMO) insane explanation they got from OMB. I shared my perspective on this and our continued insistence to shoot ourselves in the foot when it comes to scientific R&D. tinyurl.com/2kzujwz8

gotta love the popularity of big accounts like this that straight up lie about coverage. Or, in the case of @thetnholler.bsky.social, steal footage from smaller accounts. Bluesky may not have too many nazis, but it definitely has its share of frauds taking advantage of rampant media illiteracy.

For some masochistic reason decided to binge-rewatch Six Feet Under. Guess I needed a good cry. Just finished the final episode, and if you've had that experience yourself I'm guessing you know just how not ok I am right now. Absolute gut-wrenching perfection.

Does the news reflect what we die from?

After increasing spending to $134,000 per student (!!!) and facing retention problems, the New College of Florida is apparently having discussions about privatization or closure after DeSantis leaves office.

I’m a sewage system. I also have a great personality.

I just keep seeing some guy running with his hair on fire. Brains are so weird.

Having a nostalgic day remembering all the amazing dogs I’ve shared my life with. I really wish I could just have one more day with each of them. Of course this in no way diminishes my love for this smokeshow. Look at those “come hither” eyes. A world class leisure-pup. ❤️

A look back at the weather extremes along Helene's path from Florida to Indiana, with the National Hurricane Center report: www.usatoday.com/story/news/n...

I love Annie.

Relaxing Tea Better Fucking Work https://theonion.com/relaxing-tea-better-fucking-work-1819579209/

What really makes this the sweetest is the occasional soft sighs, but this photo will have to do.

I’ve been working on this for a while. (I tried to find Bobbie more than a decade ago and failed.) Please do give it a read.

I am going to very gently place this here, as I know it can be a touchy subject. But this is something I think about a lot as an academia-adjacent researcher who really, really needs “lazy and unproductive” downtime to function effectively.

Want to come work for the National Hurricane Center, #NHC? There are two new job postings that were just announced yesterday. The 1st opportunity is a position within the #Hurricane Specialist Unit, #HSU: GS-13 Hurricane Specialist Position -- www.usajobs.gov/job/845559000

🚨 Recruiting Two PhD/MS Students 🚨 I am looking to bring on at least two GRAs (M.S. or Ph.D. Level) beginning Spring or Fall 2026 to join our CHAOS research group. Research projects will be related to artificial intelligence and machine learning applications for extreme temperatures and rainfall

Just saw a post mansplaining mansplaining. That’s it for today, see y’all tomorrow.

Fun fact: if you see a tornado & it doesn't have a warning on it (esp on a day when everything looks like shit on radar), the correct course of action is to CALL YOUR NWS OFFICE & TELL THEM. Instead, what this reporter did was follow tornado, then tag (the wrong) NWS office on X well after the fact.

Congratulations to Jeffrey Collett for receiving the 2025 Frank A. Chambers Excellence in Air Pollution Control Award. The Air & Waste Management Association presents it annually for outstanding achievement in the science and art of air pollution control. Learn more www.awma.org/2025chambers...

Dinah does great work!

Whether you get your forecast from an app on your phone, a website or a meteorologist on TV, most of the underlying information comes from the federal government. By @rhersher.bsky.social

Many of the nation's 122 local National Weather Service forecast offices, typically staffed 24/7, seven days a week, are short-handed after massive departures, including many senior level meteorologists who retired. www.usatoday.com/story/news/n...

Have you ever looked at a weather map online? Or seen a nice visualization of weather forecast model output? If so, NSF Unidata almost certainly made that possible in one way or another. Modern meteorological education would not be possible without the data, tools, and resources they provide.

Drinking wine and watching Parks and Rec for the 8000th time, as one does, and feeling a bit more salty about S6:E8:Fluoride than I have in the past. It's very hahahaha...oh for fuck's sake.

Pause for a minute to appreciate the valiant Program Officers still at NSF, who are doing their utmost to preserve what they can. They’re in the stinking rotting belly of the beast, laboring on our behalf. ❤️❤️❤️❤️ to them

Well, fuck.

Lately it feels like I’m trying to fix the garbage disposal while the house is on fire.

The people we are losing from NOAA due to this complete dumbfuckery are irreplaceable. I mean we’re seriously losing brilliant, experienced, passionate people who take the job of serving the public (ALL of the public) seriously. They’ve aspired to do this work since they were kids.

It’s insane how wrong this fake-tough real-damaging approach to police work is and always has been. Real tough is living in the neighborhood where you work. Because you love your neighbors. Even the hard to love ones. Solve violent crimes; Be a good neighbor. That’s police work t.co/FmTFk7Wyde